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Loren Lester (born October 4, 1960) is an American screen, stage and voice actor best known as the voice of DC Comics superheroes Nightwing and Robin in various media, starting with the DC Animated Universe. He is also a graduate of the Occidental College theatre department and has appeared in over 100 radio and television commercials.

Loren Lester
Lester at the East Coast Comicon
Born	(1960-10-04) October 4, 1960 (age 62) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1977–present
Spouse	Kelly Lester ​ (m. 1988)​
Children	3, including Julia
Website	lorenlester.com
Signature

Career

Film and television

He began his career very young; one of his early recurring roles was "Roy" in The Facts of Life. He also provided the voice for Rick Gordon, Flash Gordon's son, in the 1986 cartoon series Defenders of the Earth and as Barbeque on G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.

In 1990, he provided the voice for Jordan Knight in New Kids on the Block. In 1994, he was also the voice of Gringo in the Don Bluth film Thumbelina.

He also played one of the hall monitors, Fritz Hansel, in Rock 'n' Roll High School.

From 1992 to 1999, Lester voiced Dick Grayson / Robin / Nightwing in the DC Animated Universe, appearing primarily in Batman: The Animated Series and it's revamped follow-up The New Batman Adventures. He later reprised the role in the 2017 direct-to-video, Batman and Harley Quinn.

Lester has appeared in over 200 episodes of series including Parenthood, Bones, NCIS, Ringer, Good Luck Charlie, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Awake, The Closer, Desperate Housewives, Cold Case, Criminal Minds, Castle, Two and a Half Men, and many others.

He recurred on all three seasons of the HBO hit comedy series Hung, and had recurring roles on Victorious (Nickelodeon), Gilmore Girls, General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless.

Lester also appeared in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Quickening". He was the Irate passenger in Red Eye. In 2008, Lester played the role of an ER doctor on Heroes in the episode "The Second Coming".

His voice has been heard in numerous critically acclaimed audio books and in popular interactive games such as Halo 4 and Batman: Arkham Knight. He provides the voice of Kirk Langstrom and his counterpart Man Bat for Batman: Arkham Knight.[1]

Lester also voiced Hal Jordan / Green Lantern in "The Eyes of Despero" episode of Batman: Brave and the Bold, also from DC Comics. And then the voice of Iron Fist in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes from Marvel Comics.[2] Recently, he directed the web series Let’s Do Lunch,[3] starring Sam Harris[4] and Barry Williams.[5]

Stage

Lester has starred in dozens of plays and musicals. He is seen frequently in the Los Angeles theatre scene and recently made his debut at The Pasadena Playhouse in Noël Coward’s Fallen Angels.[6] He has also starred in productions at such venues as the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, the Santa Monica Playhouse and West Coast Ensemble.

Lester also wrote the stage show It’s Magic – The Life and Music of Doris Day, currently on tour.[7]

Personal life

Lester and his wife, Kelly, also an actress and daughter of Peter Mark Richman, have three daughters: Jenny, Lily, and Julia.

Filmography

Television (animated)

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero	Barbecue	8 episodes
1986–1990	Defenders of the Earth	Rick Gordon, Young Kurt Walker	66 episodes
1990	New Kids on the Block	Jordan Knight	15 episodes
1991	The Legend of Prince Valiant	Messenger, Survivor	Episode: "The Gift"
1992–1995	Batman: The Animated Series	Dick Grayson / Robin, Henchman	30 episodes
1994	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	Monster, Camera #2, Monster #2, 3-Eyes, Blorp 1+3	2 episodes
1994	SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron	Guard	Episode: "The Dark Side of the Swat Kats"
1997	Extreme Ghostbusters		Episode: "True Face of a Monster"
1997–1998	The New Batman Adventures	Dick Grayson / Nightwing, Mo, Guard #2	8 episodes
2001	Men in Black: The Series		2 episodes
2005–2006	W.I.T.C.H.	Julian, Announcer, Aketon, Tynar	8 episodes
2009, 2011	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Hal Jordan / Green Lantern	2 episodes
2012	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	Danny Rand / Iron Fist, Newscaster	2 episodes

Film

• Rock 'n' Roll High School - Fritz Hansel
• Evilspeak - Charlie Boy
• Prayer of the Rollerboys - Anchorman
• Ping!
• The Sweetest Thing
• American Wedding
• Red Eye
• Midnight Clear - Gordon
• True Men
• 17 Again - Mike's Lawyer
• After the Wizard - Dr. Edwards
• Hit List - Billy Joe Philbin
• A Green Story
• Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes
• A Leading Man
• A Country Christmas
• Damn Foreigners
• Chicanery
• Senior Love Triangle - David[8]

Film (animated)

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Thumbelina	Gringo
1998	Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero	Dick Grayson / Robin	Direct-to-video
2017	Batman and Harley Quinn	Dick Grayson / Nightwing	Direct-to-video

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	The Adventures of Batman & Robin	Dick Grayson / Robin	Sega CD version
2002	Earth & Beyond
2003	Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu	Dick Grayson / Nightwing
2004	Spider-Man 2	Richard Parker, Additional Voices
2005	Ultimate Spider-Man	Richard Parker
2010	Batman: The Brave and the Bold – The Videogame	Hal Jordan / Green Lantern
2011	Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3	Danny Rand / Iron Fist
2011	Kinect Disneyland Adventures
2012	Halo 4	Additional Voices
2015	Batman: Arkham Knight	Dr. Kirk Langstorm / Man-Bat
2016	View-Master Batman Animated VR	Dick Grayson / Robin

Shorts

• The Old Man and the Studio
• Cross-Eyed Dinner Theater Presents! - Alan
• The One Who Got Away
• Going Home
• Down, Up, Out
• Peter at the End
• Red
• The Interrogation
• The Uncivil War
• Up the Valley and Beyond
• A Family of Clowns
• Max
• Terrorists Anonymous

References

External links

• Loren Lester at IMDb

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